Year 2006 Interventional Cardiology Update WebCAST—
The Critical Importance of Bleeding, Anemia,
Safety, and Transfusions for Mortality Reduction
and Guiding Antithrombotic Therapy

Webcast CME Disclosure

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Intended Audience:

This WebCAST is intended for interventional cardiologists, as well as physician specialists who manage patients in the emergency department, coronary care unit, and cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Registration:

Enrollment for this webcast is complimentary, and clinicians are invited to attend this CME-certified symposium and/or share this invitation with other colleagues, departmental staff members, and healthcare professionals.

Grantor Support:

Supported by an independent educational grant from The Medicines Company, Inc.

Accreditation Statement for Jointly-Sponsored Programs:

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of The University of Massachusetts Medical School and CMEducation Resources, LLC. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement:

The University of Massachusetts Medical School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Policy on Faculty and Provider Disclosure:

It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

Faculty Disclosures:

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FACP
Grants and Research Support from Bristol-Myers Squibb and sanofi-aventis

Steven V. Manoukian, MD, FACC
Consultant: The Medicines Company
Speaker’s Bureau: The Medicines Company

Gary L. Schaer, MD FACC
Consultant: sanofi-aventis
Speaker’s Bureau: sanofi-aventis, The Medicines Company

Charles Pollack, MD, FACEP
Consultant: The Medicines Company
Speaker’s Bureau: sanofi-aventis, Schering-Plough Corporation

Program Faculty:

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FESC, FACP
Staff, Cardiac, Peripheral & Carotid Intervention
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH

Steven V. Manoukian, MD, FACC
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Associate Professor
Department of Cardiology
Emory-Crawford Long Hospital
Atlanta, GA

Charles Pollack, MD FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Pennsylvania Hospital
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Gary L. Schaer, MD FACC
Professor of Medicine
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
Rush University Medical Center

Educational Objectives:

• As a result of this session, cardiologists will be able to assess and implement optimal antithrombotic strategies for patients with NSTEMI and STEMI.
• As a result of this session, attendees will understand impact of specific pharmacologic agents on outcomes, including ischemic endpoints, bleeding, and mortality for patients with ACS.
• As a result of this session, attendees are able to discuss the impact that new trials are likely to have on future management of patients with ACS who require an invasive strategy
• As a result of this session, physicians will learn to apply AHA/ACC and other national guidelines in order to optimize therapy of patients with ACS
• Clinicians will learn about the safety and efficacy of various antithrombotic agents and their use across subgroups of patients undergoing PCI
• Clinicians will learn abut the central role of bleeding minimization and transfusion reduction/avoidance in patients undergoing PCI
• Clinicians will learn how to apply multiple clinical trials designed to evaluate ischemic risk and hemorrhagic risks in ACS patients undergoing PCI

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